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Sandy Williams delivered a memorandum
of closure on the case on
November 21. Noting that Ryan
Carey had tried to shoot three people,
including two police officers, before
Smith’s bullet put him down, the report
stated, “Ryan Carey was shooting into
an open area within the neighborhood
and there were numerous residents
present in their homes, as well as when
he first began shooting there was even
a child outside in the yard by the location
of Ryan Carey. Had Officer Smith
not fired his firearm stopping Ryan
Carey, Ryan Carey would have continued
shooting and continued to put
numerous people at risk of death and/
or grave bodily harm. Officer Smith
needed to fire his firearm to terminate
Ryan Carey’s actions for the protection
of his fellow law enforcement officers
who were at the scene, specifically,
Officers Rudolph, Polishinski and
Moertl. His actions are also justified in
the protection of the other neighbors
within their residences.”
Her movement in
reaching for her patrol
rifle has pulled her
barely inches out of the
bullet’s lethal path.
The memorandum concluded, “An
individual has the right and it is legally
justified to use lethal force if it is to
protect the life of others. These events
of Nov. 9, 2008 rose to the level of
Officer Brent Smith being justified in
killing Ryan Carey. These findings by
no means diminish the tragedy of Ryan
Carey being deceased; his behavior and
actions of November 9 th was the catalyst
for why Officer Brent Smith needed to
take the action he did.”
The family of the deceased was at
first concerned that excessive force
might have been used on their loved
one. At least one family member asked
why police couldn’t have just wounded
him. Mequon police officials gently
explained the reality of the situation, and
shared the investigative file with them.
There were no further complaints from
the family, and no lawsuit was ever filed.
The issue patrol rifle used in the
shooting was, of course, taken in evidence.
So was Officer Smith’s department
issue Glock 22 pistol, along with
all 46 rounds of Federal Hydra-Shok
.40 ammunition on his person that were
in the gun and his two spare magazines.
This is routinely done to allow for a
complete investigation which rules out
any other guns at the scene having been
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